Kittyaura

...With a ATK well over 3,000 now, I got reamed today in Heaven's Mandate and Cold Storage. Been soloing those since my ATK was 700... Seems that the finish line is always pushed back. I could still do Celestial basin and Chaos Supply Chain, so it was extremely disappointing that HM and CS were made so difficult. Easy is no linger remotely Easy. The last few updates, my character has gone from doing 7-10 dailys to 5 to now, 3-4... Not sure what the Developer's goals are in this game and sure would not want to be a new player, Spent a lot of time and materials enchanting my equipment the last month, especially Boss Attack power, all to no avail... ...I could see a certain percentage of difficulty raised, but when it goes from just few seconds to win to total failure, I wonder how that improves the game and attracts new players, or encourages current veterans to continue on?

,,,By the way, in Koldrake, it happens right away, that's why I mentioned seeing a death there, as the player probably never even got close enough to attack in the first place. ..And in Chaos Supply Chain, I died because of this "Feature" today, so I'm a little hot under the collar right now. Please see my recent post "Can someone please point me to the nearest Monster Dojo?

...It seems obvious from my description.. Boss after Boss.. I am fighting, my Hitpoints are full... I am Winning, The Bosses Hitpoints are dropping. I have almost won the fight.... Suddenly, the world turns Red, and a heartbeat is heard. My Hitpoints drop to almost zero. I have just few seconds to kill the Boss, or I die. The Game Dev(ils) obviously consider this a "fun" feature of the game, to make it more challenging.. I do not. There is No in-game justification for this ability for so many Bosses to have it. It never happened before a couple of months or so ago... Frankly, I think it is the stupidest, most low, cheating piece of crap I have ever seen in any game... ..That specific enough for you?

...I was perusing my Soulboost Season 1 list when I noticed that 5 items were still unfinished. You probably have the same ones still left. All 5 are from the last storyline update:"Order Restored".."The Royal Treatment".."Missing Pieces".."The Coronation"..& "Lights in the Night"...I also noted that I had completed them, yet got no Soulboost points for them, so Soulboost was not able to complete. I wrote to the Devs about this and this is the response I got: ...Thank you for contacting the Blade and Soul Support Team. As for your inquiry, please note that this is the intended design for those specific quests as it allows new and returning players to benefit from playing the new Story. People who already played those story missions will not be able to get the points but it doesn't preclude those players from reaching Stage 2 fairly quickly and ultimately complete Soul Boost Season 2. If you think improvements could be made to the mechanics behind this, we encourage you to post your comments on the forums, where our Community Team gathers player feedback so they can suggest game improvements to our development team...(Dev's handle left out as this is not personal.._ ...Ok so the generic, tough luck, and go post on the forum, loser, response... ...However, since it would take a new player quite a long while to get that far in the storyline, and a returning player some time as well, I just wonder what anyone else out there thinks about this. Personally, I have no prob with them helping out a new player, but, hey, don't forget us players that have been here all along! I am missing those 5 slots for my Soulboost, and so was unable to complete Soul Boost Season 1 and get more goodies. Not pleased about that. If you have similar feelings please post here, and if you don't feel free to support BNS's official attitude towards remaining players who are unable to get full credit on Soulboost and, no doubt, on other, future events.... Such as, what will we be unable to complete for Soulboost Season 2 ??? thx KittyAura

...First, The Good: Credit where credit is due. The new daily dungeons back up plan is really nice, good to be able to do stuff besides a boring grind very day. So, good job there. ...Being able to cash in all of multiple items of the same type like experience, on 1 click instead of click click click click so many times is sooooo nice, so good job there too... ...Onwards, The Bad: Get rid of the stupid red heartbeat of doom and gloom you're maybe going to die despite beating the boss into snail snot handily thingy. Its stupidly annoying, and frankly, if you devs can't stand for a player beating a Boss's ass fair and square, so you resort to cheating, that's just sad. I even saw a player die in Koldrake because of this "feature". First time I ever saw ANYONE die in Koldrake.(Another player and I went over and helped them out, despite our surprise at it happening at all). ...Seems like all the Bosses and sub Bosses have this "Ability" now. I could see one or two, but sooo many? Just stupid. Get RID of it. Yesterday. I have to solo a lot, and after spending time beating down a Boss, and I'm winning handily, not even scratched, then I'm dead. Just like that, for NO reason. Get rid of it. Cheaters. Sad. ,,,Game needs more Solo Content on a fair Easy Normal Hard mode setup. And no more "Timed" deaths. You should reward players for playing, not shut them down. At least post a timer, if the battle has a preset timed end. And then make it have rounds like a boxing match. And a girl in a swimsuit with a round sign...\\ ...Keep up the Good work, and stop with the Bad...

...Just had to throw away another 9,999 Soulstone(Had 13,000 + total) Crystals because I cannot sell them and need the space in my inventory, which is almost maxed out for space.. While the system can be sometimes generous with certain objects, it is far too common to have far too many of certain things, and the limits on the amount of daily sales means throwing away things, wasting otherwise valuable resources. Would it kill the game to let us sell a thousand things a day or so? I know my character could use the gold. ...C'mon Devs, let us sell everything we have if we want.... "This item cannot be traded or sold"... Be nice....

IAN:...Hey BNS fans, this is Iam Nosey, with an online interview with KittyAura, the last Hongmoon Warrior..." KA:..."Er, if I may interject, Nosey, I am actually NOT, the last Hongmoon Warrior..." IAN:..."Eh, but my sources clearly said..." KA:..."Well," said KittyAura with a sad smile, "its true and yet not true, like many things here in this place." IAN..."Please explain for our readers..." KA:,,, "Well, you see, Nosey, that almost everybody here in this place we find ourselves in, is, and sincerely believes, that they are the last Hongmoon Warrior, same as me." IAN:... "How is this possible? I mean, how many "Last" Hongmoon Warriors are there? KA:... "No idea, but I met this guy named Loko, and he told me of the Mxyzptlk Universe, where multiple universes cross and meet in one place, and, in its craziness, it all made sense to me. He said he came from somewhere over the Rainbow, and had met many different Loko's beside himself, in a place similar, yet different to this, just as I have met many different Hongmoon Warriors here. Dude had a nice pair of Alligator shoes too, very dapper." IAN: "So, hmm, well where are you from, then, y'know, like, where did you grow up?" KA:..."No idea." KA shrugged. "Well, in one of these Mxyzptlk Universes, I was an Assassin, really cute, too... But my personal first memory is waking up at the Hongmoon School. I've searched all over this world and there's no village or town of Lyns, much less Katgirls, and no one I have ever spoken to knows where they came from either. Most don't seem to care." IAN:..."Ooookkkkk... um, so, how long were you a student at the school, did Master Hong teach you all kind of cool secret stuff?" KA:... "Not exactly, no," and KittyAura looked very sad. "He gave me a book, and I had a few lessons from the others there and then... Well, it sorta all went to heck, and I ended up in the water..." IAN..."So you got no teaching?" KA:..."A former student taught me a lot, as he survived for a while, and I have worked hard and learned much from others, including Master Hong, along the way. I am most grateful." IAN:..."Hmmm. Ah, so, what about her, this Jinsoyun? There have been rumors that she killed your master... You must hate her a great deal." KA...:" No, her vendetta was valid, as her master was betrayed by another, her master's sword stolen... She has redeemed herself in my eyes. If you had seen her as I have, a young, innocent child, trapped in a room at the Hongmoon School... alone... You know, I used to visit her, and sit with her. Even set off fireworks I saved to entertain her..." IAN:..."Isn't that a bit, well, odd?..." KA:... "Sure, but, someone once told me 'That if the world around you isn't real to you, then maybe you aren't either'...That's why I climb palaces and cliffsides, towers of rock and do long jumps, to make the world more real... as for Jynsoyun," KittyAura's eyes lit up "It wasn't her fault, she was made to be that way. And later, whenTPTB left her out in the rain, for months, well, that put me on my current path." IAN:..."What, you no longer follow the Path of Hongmoon?" KA:... "I follow my own path, as must we all. The Hongmoon School is no longer what this is all about..." her eyes teared up. "They killed my students. My friends. Murdered. I will never forgive them." IAN:..."The Ebondrake?" KA:..."No, TPTB. They consider themselves gods to manipulate as as they wish, not always to our benefit. I will waste no love on the likes of them." IAN:..."What will you do?" KA:... Leans closer, looks around and whispers..."I'm looking for someone... or...someTHING..." She winked. "You've been around as a nosey reporter, seen alot, yes?" IAN:... "Yes, I should say so... But, how can I be of service?" KA:..."At certain points of time, I re-enter areas and face foes that have suddenly become far stronger than I, monsters I used to toss around like candy are suddenly able pound me into snail snot, and not just bosses. Its like I am a kitten again, over and over again.... And so..." IAN:... "And so?" KA:..."I've come to the conclusion that there must be a school, a dojo for monsters somewhere... And I want to study there, become a student of the Hongmoonster Way." IAN:... "You're kidding.." KA:... "On the contrary, I have never been more serious. The monsters I have seen do not attack one another, they live in harmony together. Most of them only attack when attacked, or their territory is threatened. I have certainly seen enough so-called Hongmoon warriors from other Mxyzptlk universes fight each other, do what they can to annoy the heck out of others, kill another far weaker than themselves without notice, without honor, a cowardly act... So in the Hongmoon Way, if there is no harmony, it cannot be a complete teaching. With all respect to Master Hong, all must choose their own path. And I feel there is much to learn from the Monsters, who, after all, will always be stronger than any of us, if that is the will of TPTB." IAN:...'Uhhhh, you have certainly made some interesting points.. Thank you, and thank you studio audience, and thanks to the, um, not "Last" Hongmoon warrior... I guess...Do you have anything else to say, before we sign off?:" KA:..."Oh, I get the last word? Cool! All you out there in the Mxyzptlk Universe, have fun and do your best to follow Master Hong's teaching. And if you should come across that Monster School, I'd appreciate you leaving a note with the puppy in the office, and please give him a pat on the head...I call him "Tiny" after the first dog I had as a kid.... Thank you all for reading my little interview, and good playing to you... And good luck in your dealings with TPTB..."

...Had the same issue. Its the update causing the issue with me. Tried to reinstall the game to D drive to free up C Drive for other things,, and made the MISTAKE of thinking it had worked, when it just went and reinstalled it to C Drive again, when it said it was going on to D drive. No matter what I did, it refused to go on D Drive. ...I had 153 GB(153!!!) free on my C drive, and it filled up to the brim and stopped during the Update. Had no more files to delete at all on C Drive. I found that the basic game itself was there in the files I had reinstalled on C Drive, however, so I copied the basic game itself to my Portable E Drive (1 TB) with Copy and Paste, then deleted the game completely from C drive. ...When I went to update it(can't play until its updated now) I had it SEARCH for the game, not install it to a particular drive(it'll go back to C drive every time, stubborn little thing). Clicked on the NCSOFT file on the Portable E drive for the SEARCH, and danged if it didn't find the game on Portable E Drive and frigging work. I had also copied the Launcher into the file on the Portable E Drive, and ran it directly from there. I believe that made the difference. It then actually updated onto the Portable E Drive NCSOFT file, and I am now playing again. My Characters were unaffected. ...The Game now resides on my Portable E Drive, and C Drive has A LOT of free space for whatever....YAY!(153 friggin GB's free) ... This was after more than 48 hours of downloading and deleting failed attempts. Thought I had lost the game. A hint I saw on another forum post on the subject got me this far, so, good luck and hope it works for some poor other HM student. We suffer alone, but can find small victories together... Its us vs the ones who made a great game idea such a mess...

...Here is what I managed to do today to finish Koldrak after it froze at the 12:00 run and kicked me out as well. I was able to re-enter the 3:00 Koldrak run. As an experiment, I kept my movements to a minimum and did not fire a shot, and it still froze up anyway. I went about my business in my home, ignoring the game, keeping the dungeon active. About 20 minutes later, it unfroze with the run completed. I got my rewards and my 5th daily credit as well. ...I had experimented about a month earlier with this freeze/unfreeze action, as it had happened before UE4, but, with UE4, it also kicked me out, which had not happened before UE4. I was unable to enter the same Koldrak run, in either case, and had to wait 3 hours until the next. ...So, if you get frozen up, be patient and it may still unlock for you. If it does while you are still in the dungeon, you're good. Takes about 20 minutes(for me). But, if it kicks you out, then, if there is still a chance of completing Koldrak, if there is still a later run that you can enter. ...My advice, if it has happened to you, or does happen, is to enter the earliest run you can, to allow for re-entering a later run, and you might still get your credit for completion.

...The Koldrak's Lair has, under UE4 become unplayable. It freezes up if I attack, and stays frozen for 20 minutes. Before today, it would then unfreeze and I could still collect my reward, but today, it kicked me out and it registers complete but no credit, so now I cannot reenter the dungeon and finish my daily run. ..Since the daily runs are now so cut in the total number of possible dungeon runs, it really leaves me with no options to advance. ...KL was bad enough before UE4, but it worked. Now all I can say is FIX it, or at least give me and other players who might be having similar issues more daily run options so we can have fun and get our daily rewards... Remember FUN???? I do. Its what I was having before the Daily runs were cut in number and before UE4 came along and ruined my gaming experience here, and especially in KL. ...Before the current UE4 update, I was doing 7 to 10 daily runs. Now, I am lucky to get 5. Today, it will be only 4. Thanks for naught.

...Before the UE4 update I had 3 (once current) dungeons I could solo easily, and that was from lvl 17 on. I worked hard to get to lvl 23, and improve my equipment and weapons. Now those 3 are much harder, and I get wiped out in one of them, but only because I run out of time. The "TOTAL DEATH" time limit is a joke. Why should the devs (DEVilopers ) care if it takes me longer to complete a dungeon solo, or in a party.? The boss cannot kill me(or us in a party) in fair combat, but its like, oh, I (we) died just because. Don't treat me like I'm trash and my hard work means nothing. If you're going to make the bosses stronger, then we should get a similar growth ratio, base on our previous player to boss status. Or at least post a storyline explanation as to why our world has evolved, but we as players in that same world have not. Respect the players and the world you have created that we play in. ...As it is now, I worked hard to get where I am now, and it was all for nothing, as, the Devilopers) apparently could care less about players having fun for a few hours a day. Before, I was doing 7 to 10 daily runs (3 solo), now, I'm lucky to do 5 (2 solo-1 taking twice as long now). It really kinda takes the wind out of your sails when you reach plateau after plateau, only for it all to mean nothing. ...As for longed for UE4 update, its messed up in a few ways. I cannot change the graphics mode in game, and the fonts in many areas (which cannot be changed save in a few like the dungeon lobby) are soooooo small you'd need the Hubble telescope to see them. Trying to get the cursor over a minute treasure box reward trigger is hard on the eyes at best. And the input pin number box to start the game is now the size of a postage stamp... The triggers which used ti=o be clear,large and colorful are now teeny tiny small, dull and monochrome. ...Also, my player pictures are gone from my player screen, and although retake and re--register them, they stay blank. Graphically, parts of my character and bright and vivid, while other parts are dull and without detail. Consistency would be nice. My weapon, which I changed the image on for instance, was bright, colorful and flashy after that image change, and now its dull and no longer glows with electrical energy like it did before UE4. ...There's more but that's enough for now. Hope that things get better soon, and that the DEVilopers) get their act together and stop trying to (apparently) ruin an otherwise great game.... Comment as you will, but, my purpose here is to post my experiences for whatever good they may do. 'Nuff said...

...First, let me say that the recent Square Gem giveaway was a very generous gesture on behalf of BNS... However... ...As someone who had just spent a lot of my hard earned money to purchase the Hongmoon Square Gems just a couple of months previously, it proved very frustrating. Having to sell off the ordinaries for a handful of coppers and only being able to even salvage the square diamond didn't improve my mood towards BNS. What was really funny to me was, right after this giveaway, they offered the Hongmoon Square Gem Scrolls again for sale! This is really poor business practice. ...I could have spent my NC Coin on other gear to improve my stats, and still have the Square Gems... Man, that's harsh... ...What they should have done is offer the Hongmoon Hexagonal Gems for sale right after the Square Gem Giveaway.... Who is going to by the Hongmoon Square Gems(Scrolls) when they already have the ordinary Square Gems, which have the same stats? Unless they are looking to finish off what they need to evolve gems, it makes no sense. ...I feel more than a bit ripped off. I have gone Premium many times, and bought my share of NC coin, both to support my character, whom I love, and a game that I like a lot, despite its many ..er, quirks, lets say. ...It makes me extremely leery of buying anything else, ever. Why should I, when they might give it away a month or two later? ...So, my personal decision is to stop supporting the game. I won't go premium again, unless its free. I won't purchase anymore NC Coin. I have a bit saved up, and will hoard it until the right moment... ...After watching all of my friends quit the game the last couple of years for various reasons, (The killing of our young students was a harsh blow to many, for instance), I teeter on the edge of leaving myself. ... I realize this game does not make a lot of money for the company, but a lot of that is due to just how stupidly they run the show...Get it together, BNS...

...It seems they have revamped parts of this quest. I got stuck on transition from part 6 to 7... No letter to read to progress to 7. After rebooting twice, the letter appeared, and I got to level 10... What should be the next challenge but the same dratted quest, and had the same dratted problem. This time, so far, the letter won't appear no matter what I have done. Sent a Notice to Support after the level 6 fiasco, so, maybe they will write back with a fix despite my having solved the issue somehow at level 6. Sigh. It is the same problem, just at a different point in the quest now. It seems more than a bit odd that the "Kill 1 of 3 bosses" quest would appear at both level 6 AND level 10. maybe they ran out of ideas... ...Anyone know of a way around this???

,,,Its such a pity when a game company develops a game that centers around a strong, good and kind philosophy, then consistently erodes and degrades and even destroys that foundation. What we are left with is a shadow of what the game could have been. As I have said elsewhere, it must be that they held a Divine Mandate ritual in the offices of NC soft, and the result has been nothing but chaos ever since. ...My own personal choice is not to support them any longer, I'm not going premium or buying coins anymore. Everyone has to do as their nature compels them to so do, and this is my choice, My characters will suffer because of this, their gear will develop at a crawl, but, the game has to be more than just getting the best stuff... I remember fun... ... So, its back to climbing palaces and taking long glides and seeing what interesting things I can find. NCSoft has shown me their true nature, now, I have to go find mine again...

...I believe I have discovered what is truly going on with the game, It is far more troubling than any of us dreamt possible...(looks right, looks left)....There has been another successful Divine Mandate ritual! One that occurred right inside the NCSoft and NCWest offices! Don't you see? This is no longer about Master Hong and the continuing of the Hongmoon Way. It was, in fact, our young students that discovered this fell situation, and that is why they had to be removed from the game, before they could reveal the truth... ...Now, it is only about spreading chaos.... Patches that don't work as we were told, dungeons that give far more anger and frustration than gold, The demons are in charge now, and its a safe bet that its only going to get worse, "You'll take it and you'll like it!' That's the catch phrase of the new era. ..Yes, some heroes will thrive in the new chaos, that's what heroes do. They are strong enough and still have others to fight beside them. There is strength in unity. Many are not yet strong and do not have loyal companions. They are lost in the shadows. Many more will fall into complete darkness, abandoned by their former friends, with no one to turn to. Many others will continue to spend their hard earned money, in the hopes of getting strong enough to continue on...towards what? ...The Hongmoon school is gone. Our students are dead, in callous and cruel fashion. There is only endless battle, and always another horde of demons around the bend to fight, to no purpose save the fight itself. Again, some will thrive on that. Battle and blood. Warriors. Heroes. Others will still forge ahead, hoping, that there is something left of the Hongmoon Way, not just in ourselves, not just in the game, but in the developers themselves. Or, are they now truly lost, has the Divine Mandate ritual, and their lust for our gold, turned them into DEVILopers? ...Yes, argue the point. Tell me of all the wondrous things about the game. You'll merely echo my own thoughts. Despite it all, this is still my all time favorite online game. There is so much I love about it. But, times, and the game, and sadly, the games creators, have changed. ...But, I miss Master Hong. I miss the Hongmoon Way. And that was what made this game so unique. ...And now the battle calls, the horns sound, I hear the sound of sword on shield, the smell of blood fills the air. Once again, I rise to battle. ...But, my eyes have been opened, and they will not close again... This is WAR! And I will fight it in my own way, The Hongmoon Way.

..Well, this is hardly the first time that things have not gone very well after an update, to put it mildly. This current one is such a hopeless muddle, its obvious it was not tested at all. Having deviated completely from the Hongmoon Way, its also obvious that there is only one thing the devs of this game care about anymore, and that is money. I've done premium memberships, bought NC coin, but, no more. I, for one, am ON STRIKE. I am not spending another dime on this game until they do something to make me deliriously happy. If enough players do the same, maybe they will listen for a change. We deserve better than this, and so does the memory of Master Hong.

...I ventured back to the Hongmoon school after finishing the current storyline, and, as I wandered around, I noticed two things. First, it had STOPPED raining! (YAY!) ...(Always hated the thought of that poor little girl out in the rain)... ...Second, it seems that the months of strong rains had apparently washed one of the school's buildings away! I found it, after a long search, standing proudly in mid-air, about 1/3 of a mile away from its original location. :) ...Talk about a room with a view! ...I'm hoping that this is part of the storyline somehow, and that Celestial Real Estate is just around the corner... :) Anyone else notice this, or any other oddities after the latest patch?

First off.. No third..hmm, maybe fourth? Thanks for the info on the next patch, but, that seems to be only useful if your other character has the same weapon. Will that hold for sending a weapon to another PLAYER? That would be more useful. Not sure how that helps my characters. Fifth off... Throw them away? hahahhaha..that's the whole point of being tired of having to throw things away. If I could throw them away so that someone else could pick them up and use them, now, that would be cool. Sixus: Pity about the gems, poor gems.... nobody cares. Sad.. Sevenus: What are YOUR ideas for helping keep the gamers happy? Free advice? Ice cream? Thanks for answering anyway, I'll keep your words of wisdom in mind... Hey, where are the clues? How many have you found? Can you salvage them? :)

...I have like, 94 Legendary Gem Hammers now. 94. I can't sell them or give them away. They can't be salvaged. The only use they have is for a new character, and heck, no one needs that many. I keep getting them, now that I no longer need them. They just keep coming... Make it stop!!! Will I have thousands of them??????...(Its funny how an object once so sought for, is now to be avoided, especially on the Daily Spin... No, no NO!!! Not a 4!! Not another **** hammer!) ...I have the same problem with a lot of gems. I have thrown away a FORTUNE in gems. 10 Fortunes!!! They can't be given away, sold, salvaged or transmuted. Most cannot even be mailed to another of my characters. So they are JUNK! Hey, BnS folk, if you want to make a lot of people happy, make all objects in the game sell able, trade able, give away able, salvageable, mail able, transmutable and all.... Stop making this junk, which is useful in a very temporary basis, then, it just wastes a slot. I should at least be able to give them to someone less fortunate them myself: "here, buddy, have a gem..." ... Its one thing if an object is cursed(get it off me, get it off me!!!), but, there is no excuse for treating mere objects, um, worse than mere objects... ... It would be good for the game and for the game economy to have everything be treated as a real object in a real world. It would bring smiles to all the gamers' faces.. :) Instead, a lot of it is poorly coded crap..... ...94 Legendary Gem Hammers... Where will it stop?